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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






2. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






3. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






4. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






5. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






6. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






7. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






8. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






9. Whole body learning






10. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






11. Closed syllable






12. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






13. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






14. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






15. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






16. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






17. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






18. Wide Range Achievement Test






19. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






20. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






21. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






22. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






23. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






24. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






25. Final stable syllable

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26. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






27. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






28. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






29. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






30. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






31. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






32. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






33. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






34. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






35. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






36. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






37. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






38. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






39. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






40. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






41. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






42. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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43. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






44. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






45. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






46. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






47. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






48. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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49. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






50. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.